yay! that's got to mean something to her, my first impression of her was not good but then i saw her a second time and was actually quite impressed. hope she can win another round!

i saw kumiko play qualies in melb park this year,she had a tough draw with former t0p 50 llagostera-vives,she lost easily,great win for her in a major after a horror start to 2008 8 0r 9 1strd loses,good luck next round kumiko

No it's much worse than that - she hasn't beaten anyone in the world top 170 ever.

2008 - best win so far is over world 188 (Esperon) over world 285 (Hwang).
2007 - best win over world 200, Hisamatsu, next best Okamoto (225)
2006 - her career best win over Morita (172), next best Namigata (206)
2005 - her best win was over Viratprasert (222), next best Breadmore (319)

That is hardly what you call a stellar career - 3 wins over players ranked between 170-200 are her highlight, she just gets into the top 200 via dud Japanese ITFs with lots of points for low-ranked players like her.

No it's much worse than that - she hasn't beaten anyone in the world top 170 ever.

2008 - best win so far is over world 188 (Esperon) over world 285 (Hwang).
2007 - best win over world 200, Hisamatsu, next best Okamoto (225)
2006 - her career best win over Morita (172), next best Namigata (206)
2005 - her best win was over Viratprasert (222), next best Breadmore (319)

That is hardly what you call a stellar career - 3 wins over players ranked between 170-200 are her highlight, she just gets into the top 200 via dud Japanese ITFs with lots of points for low-ranked players like her.

She is really a one-woman argument for the return of quality points!

kumiko as mentined in a thread above has beaten former top100 player rika fujiwara,i wouldn't call the japanese itf's dud's at all tanasugarn, nakamura both top 100 players played trhem this year,melanie south seems to pick up alot of her points from these so called dud itf's,well done kumiko,great win,her first at gs level,good luck for the next round!leave kumiko alone im sure her bank balance is alot healhier than yours!